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The operator of a skips company saved at least £25,000 by illegally dumping waste, a court heard.

Daron Millard, trading as Prestatyn Skip Hire of Fairfield Road in Rhyl , admitted depositing controlled waste, namely tyres, paper and cardboard, on land at The Old Tavern Pub at Llanerchymor near Mostyn , between August of last year and March this year.

He also admitted operating a regulated facility without an environmental permit and then failed to comply with a notice served on him to remove the waste.

Solicitor Juliette Simmons, prosecuting for Natural Resources Wales, said waste was deposited on a site which had no permit and a notice was served requiring him to remove it.

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After the notice was served items had been burned on site which caused quite regular pollution in the air and affected the ground, which could contaminate surface and ground water.

A number of warnings had been issued by environmental officials.

The repeated nature of the offending was an aggravating feature, she told Flintshire magistrates’ court at Mold .

On one occasion while officers were at the site a loud bang was heard from a fire which sounded as if a gas cylinder was involved.

'It was stupid of me'

An environmental permit would have had a set of conditions in place to protect the environment but Millard had avoided a range of costs of infrastructure and fees by his activities, a minimum of £25,000.